OBJECTIVES
To determine the trends, patterns, and risk factors associated with drug-resistant tuberculosis, we conducted a hospital-based retrospective study in Taipei.
METHODS
Clinical and bacteriologic data were routinely collected from 453 patients with a diagnosis of tuberculosis who were treated at Taipei Municipal Chronic Disease Hospital from January 1996 through December 1999 for whom drug-susceptibility testing was done.
RESULTS
Resistance to at least one drug was identified in 154… CONTINUE READING